David Nishimura Vintage Fountain Pens & Writing EquipmentWahl-Eversharp

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7766: Wahl Signature: red and black woodgrain hard rubber lever-filler, 13.2 cm long, gold filled trim, roller clip, no brassing, cap imprint polished weak, but legible, handsomely toned #2 nib is smooth and responsive.

DATE: c. 1922 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine flex • $295 ORDER

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6961: Wahl lever-filler: gold filled "all metal barrel" pen, 10.8 cm long, "Check" pattern; #3 Wahl nib is an elegant writer, tiny hairline from vent hole appears stable, can be repaired at modest cost if desired.

DATE: c. 1924 • CONDITION: VG* • NIB: extra-fine flex • $165 ORDER

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7011: Wahl-Eversharp Signature: unusual oversize black chased hard rubber lever-filler, 13.9 cm long, gold filled trim, roller clip, made in Canada; material is unusual, with many lighter flecks, as one sometimes sees when the same machinery is used to make both black and red hard rubber (black flecks in red is more usual, however); appears to have originally been given a black coating, still present at the front of the barrel where protected by the cap; big, responsive #6 nib, some scrapes to the barrel threads, hairline crack to the cap lip, stabilized by the cap band (see detail).

DATE: c. 1925 • CONDITION: VG* • NIB: extra-fine stub flex • $325 ORDER

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7414: Wahl-Eversharp Gold Seal Signature: oversize "Deco Band" lever-filler, 13.5 cm long, gold filled trim, roller clip, drilled Gold Seal, but has Gold Seal manifold nib with Personal Point screw-in system; very clean, uncommon and elegant in black, a big smooth-writing classic.

DATE: c. 1930 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: extra-fine firm • $650 ORDER

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7793: Wahl-Eversharp Equi-Poised: long slender model in bright jade green, 13.4 cm long, gold filled trim, no brassing, excellent color, great line variation from #2 "FLEXIBLE" marked nib.

DATE: c. 1933 • CONDITION: fine-exc • NIB: fine flex • $200 ORDER

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7794: Wahl-Eversharp Equi-Poised: rare and unusual stub model, black and pearl lever-filler, 11.4 cm long, gold filled trim with Gold Seal and roller clip; #5 Wahl-made warranted nib and drilled Gold Seal are indicative of late assembly of obsolete parts -- in this case, an uncatalogued model possibly made in small numbers for market testing; moderate darkening, no brassing, little wear.

DATE: c. 1933/1940 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine flex • $500 ORDER

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